Floaters in my right eye

[bojan]

Recently, they became annoying (floaters).. especially in the right eye.
They interfere with my vision mainly during work (computer screen becomes blurred) not sure how much during observing sessions since recently i am not using my scope for visual.
Interesting thing is, when I roll my eyes (with lids closed) they move away from centre of my view field.. but after couple of minutes usually they are back - so I suspect they may be associated with cornea ?

Anyone has similar experience?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Floaters usually don't impair vision much. If you have static blind spots you'd better go to an optician and do a field test. It can be the retina or the gel in your eye but I was told as you get older the gel gets thinner so better.

[RickS (Rick)]

You should get it checked out. It could be symptomatic of a retinal detachment.

Cheers,
Rick.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Yep, that's typical of floaters. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
It's amazing to watch them float back to their original position after rolling your eye. LOL It's the only interesting thing about them.
If I'm observing with my left eye, I have to use averted vision to see finer detail as the floater is smack dab in the middle.
Thus my decision to do astrophotography instead of visual work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Retinal detachment, the first symptom is flashes of light in the eye, eyes closed, or in a darkened room, that are the same shape, including finer detail, of your retina.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinal_detachment

Yes, the sudden increase in floaters is another symptom, as Rick said.

[Rod771 (Rod)]

I have a lot of floaters in my Left eye, and I mean a lot.

I went to a specialist 8 years ago to see what could be done. When I was 12 I was hit in the eye with a stone, luckily no real damage however now the large amount of floaters are due to the impact.

Inside the eye we have fibres that run from one side to the other and from back to front. Some parts of the fibres break off and we see them as floaters.
The specialist told me that at around the age of 65 the fibres begin to break off more rapidly and that mine have detached early, probably due to the stone.

Early! I said, as I was only 27 at the time.

What can be done? What they do is suck all of the fluid out of the eye , pulling the fibres out with it and replace the fluid with a synthetic fluid. The highly possible side effect is developing cataracts in the repaired eye.

I chose to put up with mine, I only notice them when looking at things with light backgrounds like the daytime sky or computer screens. But yes they are very annoying.

My right eye is good and is the one I use when looking through the scope.

[Peter Ward]

Originally Posted by bojan

Recently, they became annoying (floaters).. especially in the right eye. ....
Anyone has similar experience?

Yep...nothing to worry about (have my eyes checked every year for my license medical) Getting older sucks.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Originally Posted by bojan

Recently, they became annoying (floaters).. especially in the right eye.
They interfere with my vision mainly during work (computer screen becomes blurred) not sure how much during observing sessions since recently i am not using my scope for visual.
Interesting thing is, when I roll my eyes (with lids closed) they move away from centre of my view field.. but after couple of minutes usually they are back - so I suspect they may be associated with cornea ?

Anyone has similar experience?

Yes, I have them too-have had them for several years now

[blink138 (Pat)]

hello bojan it is annoying........ but not serious and is in no way related to a detached retina
it actually occures in your vitreous which is the liquid in your eyeball that stabilises the pressure
i think it is just a slight "coagulation" of small particles in the vitreous fluid
it generally does settle down after a while
pat

[bojan]

Hi all,
thank you for your comments...
I was not really worried and the issue is not so acute actually, but it feels good knowing that it may not be necessarily a sign of serious problem in the near future.
I will certainly go and have it checked when I am back to Melbourne - It is quite possible to do it here in Beijing (and I am sure there is no lack of expertise here) but since it's not emergency, I would like to keep the expenses down if not necessary (food here is cheap, but doctors are not - and back home in Oz, I have Medicare, here I don't)

[OICURMT]

If it really bugs you, then there is only one non-invasive method of getting rid of them... by laser.

http://www.eyefloaters.com/


Note that a lot of doctors think this is a bad idea. I've reviewed the Doctor's material. He seem to be onto something and I'm considering having it done once I get settle back into the Good 'Ole USA, as my floaters get in the way of basic visual astronomy... (AP is obviously not affected )

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16886002...ew-docs-board/

OIC!

[RickS (Rick)]

Originally Posted by blink138

hello bojan it is annoying........ but not serious and is in no way related to a detached retina

A floater or two may just be due to age and nothing to worry about but enough of them to actually impair vision sounds like something potentially more serious to me. There are serious eye conditions that also cause floaters and a detached retina is one of these. If the floaters appeared suddenly or there are other symptoms I'd be going to have it checked out ASAP...

[koputai (Jason)]

I've had them since my mid teens. No drama really, but they used to make flying R/C gliders very difficult against the bright sky.

Cheers,
Jason.